Published December 31, 2020 •
Updated on December 31, 2020 at 11:55 am
A week after a video of a maskless conga line at a New York City restaurant surfaced on social media, at least one party attendee was hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a report, and the state s Liquor Authority announced it has suspended the restaurant s liquor license.
The Queens Daily Eagle reported that James Trent started feeling coronavirus symptoms two days after attending the Whitestone Republican Club party at Il Bacco, an Italian eatery in Queens, in early December. Several attendees were not wearing masks and there was little to no physical distancing, according to a video posted on social media last week which showed several people dancing in what Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Covid conga line.
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At least three people who attended the Whitestone Republican Club’s indoor holiday party in Queens, N.Y., that went viral have tested positive for COVID-19, The Queens Daily Eagle reports.
The report comes one week after footage from the party went viral, which showed maskless attendees joining a conga line as the person in front holds a Trump 2020 flag. At one point, Vickie Paladino, a GOP candidate for New York City Council, leads the dance.
Among the attendees who tested positive was James Trent, chairman of the Queens Village Republican Club. He told the news outlet that he started experiencing symptoms two days after the party.